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London Mayor Boris Johnson is calling for students from across the capital to come up with "innovative ideas" to cut carbon emissions from buildings and make them more energy efficient.

The University of Exeter has implemented stormwater storage in a new hall of residence as part of its ongoing £275m Streatham Campus development project.

Wales has received a £8m funding boost from the EU to reduce and recycle waste across two of its southwest counties.

Amercian ice-cream giants Ben & Jerry's have launched a new competition in a bid to encourage socially responsible entrepreneurs to give back to the environment and community.

Underinvestment in flood infrastructure is "unacceptable" even in the current economic climate, according to the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM).

Morgans Hotel Group has awarded SWR a UK-wide waste management contract for its boutique hotels including St Martins Lane in London.

Waste carpet is emerging as a serious raw material resource according to latest figures that show 66,000 tonnes were diverted from landfill last year.

Schools, colleges and universities from across the UK are set to boost awareness of climate change and put pressure on the Government to do more to support a low-carbon future.

Chris Huhne's vacated role as energy secretary has been given to a fellow Lib Dem with a history of speaking out on controversial issues.

Former energy secretary Chris Huhne leaves office as a man who has taken environmental issues to the forefront of politics, but will be forever tainted by solar subsidies changes and a failure to tackle rising energy bills.

Food waste collections will be covered by the Government's £250m fund to help restore household weekly bin rounds, which is now open for local authority applications.

Schick has developed what it claims is the world's most sustainably produced disposable razor and associated packaging.

Kraft Foods has undertaken a huge recycling programme across all of its global operations, reducing manufacturing waste by 50% since 2005 with 36 of its facilities now sending zero waste to landfill.

Energy secretary, Chris Huhne, will face trial over allegations he asked his ex-wife to take driving license speeding points for him.

UK water industry experts gathered in London today (February 2) to discuss the future of the water industry following the release of the Government's Water White Paper (WWP).

A £20m recycling and refuse-derived fuel facility is one step closer to going live in Scotland for the treatment of residual waste.

UK sustainable business spending is set to grow twenty times faster than economic growth in 2012 and will be responsible for driving green growth, it has been claimed.

London restaurants, bars and cafes have joined forces to launch the UK's first 'Straw Wars' campaign in a bid to cut down on the use of plastic drinking straws by customers.

An engineer who sneezed sending his dentures plunging to the bottom of a nuclear reactor was turned down for compensation.

Researchers in Sweden are investigating ways to maximise the recycling of nuclear fuel for fourth-generation power systems.